Islam's Wrong Turns.("What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response")

From: National Review | Date: February 25, 2002| Author: SCHWARTZ, STEPHEN | Copyright information

What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response, by Bernard Lewis (Oxford, 192 pp., $23)

When it comes to Islamic studies, Bernard Lewis is the father of us all. With brilliance, integrity, and extraordinary mastery of languages and sources, he has led the way for Jewish and Christian investigators seeking to understand the Muslim world. He has, it is true, been brutally attacked -- most notably by the charlatan Edward Said. Said's Orientalism, a ridiculous i...

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